(Daily Wire) On Monday, Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) unleashed a harsh critique of bipartisan Senate legislation combining border security reforms with money for foreign wars and other causes, calling it the “War, Debt, and Open Borders” bill.
Using the social media platform X, the Texas Republican warned the $118 billion package is geared toward getting President Joe Biden re-elected in a prospective 2020 rematch against former President Donald Trump. Roy also compared some of the 370-page measure‘s provisions to H.R. 2, a border security bill the GOP-led House passed last year that the Democrat-controlled Senate never took up for consideration, and another bill he introduced.
THREAD on the “War, Debt, and Open Borders” BILL: The bill is NOT well-intended. It is also not a border security bill. It is, however, a bill designed by Democrats to boost Biden against Trump by helping Dems blame Republicans for open borders… (1/x) #SecureAmericaFirst
— Chip Roy (@chiproytx) February 5, 2024
The Senate bill “is NOT well-intended. It is also not a border security bill. It is, however, a bill designed by Democrats to boost Biden against Trump by helping Dems blame Republicans for open borders,” Roy said, “a trap into which some GOP willingly walk in order to fund an insatiable desire for endless wars.”
Roy said the Senate bill “BORROWS” $118 billion to fund $60 billion for Ukraine, in addition to foreign aid for countries such as Israel and Taiwan, while allocating $20 billion for “alleged” border security — money he argued would “ensure” more border traffic, not less.
“The border ‘crisis’ is a crisis not of resources or lack of authority, but rather the result of abuse of law by the President – the willing disregard of the text & spirit of laws designed to maintain operational … control of the border & secure our nation – in favor of using judge-made loopholes & very limited exceptions (asylum & parole) to establish a default of ‘encounter & release’ instead of ‘encounter & remove,’” he said.
Roy implored Congress to “stop” the bill, which is expected to get its first vote in the Senate this week, and he touted H.R.2 and its “leaner, stronger little brother” that he introduced last year, and H.R. 29 as being put together by the House GOP “to close the loopholes & force the executive to follow the law.”
“The Senate ‘deal’ is designed to accept and perpetuate the Democrat scam of mass migration,” Roy said before listing out a series of takeaways from the bipartisan Senate bill, which Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas helped to put together, and how they compared to provisions in the House border security bills.
… & regardless, a rolling average of 4999 encounters (cartels control) can default some 1.8MM a year with no trigger, B) exempting children (UAC’s) & family units from detention requirements increases likely abuse of children as the “ticket” to entry, & makes worse… (7/x)
— Chip Roy (@chiproytx) February 5, 2024
